Blade is a fictional character, a superhero and vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula (July as a supporting character.

Blade – (Marvel – The Tomb of Dracula) - Van Helsing may have already been the most recognizable vampire hunter but it was Gene Colan and Marv Wolfman who would give us the Daywalker back in 1973 in The Tomb of Dracula